Daughters are not safe in Chouhan's 'jungle-raj': Shobha Oza

Terming Sidhi gang-rape incident as 'extremely shameful', Madhya Pradesh State Women's Commission Chairman Shobha Oza said that 'Jungle-raj' is going on in the state as daughters are not safe in Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan's regime.

Indore: Madhya Pradesh State Women's Commission Chairman Shobha Oza on Monday condemned the Sidhi gang-rape incident, terming it as 'extremely shameful'.

Speaking to ETV Bharat, Oza said that 'Jungle-raj' is going on in the state as daughters are not safe in Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan's regime. The atrocities against women have increased in the state since the Chouhan government took over the charge.

"The Sidhi gang-rape incident shows that culprits have absolutely no fear of law. The crime against women has increased under the regime of Chouhan government," she said adding that the crime rate had decreased when Kamal Nath-led Congress party was heading the state.

She said that although the government is making claims of arresting and punishing the culprits of this incident, the ground reality says that crimes are increasing manifolds in the state.

Despite the deteriorating situation, if the government does not wake up now, then the day is not far when the daughters of the state will have to take to the streets themselves to protect their honour, she added.

A widow was allegedly gang-raped and brutally assaulted by three youths in Sidhi district. The victim was also violently mutilated by the rapists.